1. Maxwell 2D Control Panel, Modeler, and Material Manager

2. The Maxwell Control Panel
Ansoft - general information
Projects - to start a project
Translators - to do a .dxf to 2D model translation
Print - to “grab screen” and produce a bitmap file
Utilities - additional tools including Plotdata

3. Print Manager Print Manager functionality depends on system
PC base - “grab screen” produces a bitmap file
Unix base - supports various printers and .gif screen captures

4. The Maxwell Utilities Panel
Colors - changes default screen colors
2D modeler - to create or modify .sm2 files
Plotdata - “fancy” line calculator for graphing
Evaluator - to solve an equation
Materials - to modify global material file

5. The Color Manager
Used to modify your screen colors to a custom setting
Load black.rgb for black background in 2D

6. The Plotdata Calculator

7. The Plotdata Calculator
Example:
tools/calculator/Eqn....
5.0 * sin(2*t) / Ok
5.0 * cos(2*t) / Ok
preview/done

8. The Project Manager Panel

9. The Project Manager Panel Adding Project Aliases
Under Project Directories click on Add...

10. The Project Manager Panel Creating a New Project
Under Projects click on New...

11. The Project Manager Panel Adding Project Notes
Add notes to describe project

12. The Executive Commands Area
Always Select Solver Type
Always Select Drawing Plane

13. Computed Field Quantities Derived Field Quantities
The Maxwell 2D Solvers
Solvers
Computed Field Quantities
Derived Field Quantities
Electric Fields
Electrostatic
 (DC Electric Potential)
E, D
AC Conduction
(jt) (AC Electric Potential)
E(jt), D(jt), J(jt)
DC Conduction
E, J
DC Magnetics
Magnetostatic
AZ or A (DC Magnetic Potential)
H, B
AC Magnetics
Eddy Current
AZ(jt) or A(jt) (AC Magnetic Potential), (jt) (AC Electric Potential)
H(jt), B(jt), J(jt)
Eddy Axial
AZ(jt) (AC Magnetic Field)
Transient Solver
Transient
AZ(t)
H(t), B(t), J(t)
Thermal Solver
Thermal
T (Temperature)
Grad T, Flux.
Parametrics
Any of the above

14. The Maxwell Drawing Planes
Geometric Model
Cartesian (XY Plane)
Axisymmetric (RZ Plane) X Y Z R 
A Cartesian (XY) model represents a cross-section of a device that extends in the z-direction. Visualize the geometric model as extending perpendicular to the plane being modeled.
An axisymmetric (RZ) model represents a cross-section of a device that is revolved 360 around an axis of symmetry (the z-axis). Visualize the geometric model as being revolved around the z-axis.

15. The 2D Modeler General Suggestions:
Drawing size should be 3-5 times model size unless extreme fringing
Minimize the number of vertices for arcs and circles
Use unique name and color for each object
Suggest mapping out coordinates in advance
Create dummy objects as reference for parametrics

16. 2D Modeler Toolbar

17. 2D Modeler Units

18. 2D Modeler Object Attributes

19. 2D Modeler Model/Measure

20. 2D Modeler Align Vertices

21. The Material Manager

22. Material Manager BH Curves
Relative permeability (incremental) satisfies:
1  r(incr.)  75,000
At least 20 points in curve well into saturation
Existing curves can be imported using: Import ...
For future use, you can export all custom BH curves to: c:/ansoft/config/matdb/_.bh
For 2D, nonlinear materials available in Magnetostatic and Eddy Current

23. Material Manager Creating a new BH Curve
Select Material/Add to create a new nonlinear material
Specify a new name under “Material Properties” and check “nonlinear” box
Click on BH Curve … to enter the “BH Curve Entry” Screen
Click on “Add Point” and use text entry boxes in lower left corner with TAB key to input each (H, B) point
Select “enter” twice for the last point

24. Material Manager Permanent Magnet Modeling
Permanent magnets are modeled as combination surface and volume current densities
Linear Magnets - equivalent current sheet on surface of magnet - magnets with uniform magnetization only have current sheet
Nonlinear Magnets - equivalent current density inside magnet

25. Material Manager Linear Permanent Magnet
Select two of the following:
Mu, the relative permeability, r.
Hc, the magnetic coercivity, Hc.
Br, the magnetic retentivity, Br.
Mp, the permanent dipole magnetization, Mp.
These properties are related by:
where:
B is the magnetic flux density.
H is the magnetic field.
o is the permeability of free space, 4x10e-7 webers/ampere-meter.
r is the relative permeability.
Hc is the magnetic coercivity.
Mp is the permanent dipole magnetization.
m is the magnetic susceptibility. B Br
Magnetic Remanence Hc
Magnetic Coercivity H
Graphical representation